What We Need From You


A PDF of maximum file size (10MB) sent to uprootinghate@gmail.com with an email subject line: ‘Cultivating Diasporic Futures: Uprooting Hate’

Please include the following (as sequenced below) in your PDF: 
  1. Full Name
  2. Preferred Pronouns
  3. City that you live, work or study in within the UK
  4. Email Address
  5. Landline or Mobile Telephone Number
  6. A short biography (up to 150 words).
  7. A sample of previous work. You may submit a total of 10 - 15 images from a maximum of one to three previous ‘bodies’ of work showing your commitment to the medium and ability as a visual storyteller. Please include the project's title/dates. 
  8. Overview of the project you intend to develop during the six-month mentorship, including any working title (one to three sentences).
  9. Description of your proposed project. Your response should outline the project’s intention, target audience, and potential outcomes (up to 300 words).
  10. Personal statement. What do you hope to gain from the mentoring process? Please share some thoughts on how working with an artist-mentor might inform and impact your practice at this stage of your creative career. (150-300 words).
  11. Connection to theme. What is your personal or professional relationship to the theme Cultivating Diasporic Futures: Uprooting Hate? (up to 150 words).
  12. Please title your PDF Uprooting Hate_FIRSTNAME_SURNAME, e.g. Uprooting Hate_JACQUELINE_ENNISCOLE.

All applications will be reviewed by Jacqueline Ennis-Cole, the project lead coordinator (Four Corners Curator in Residence 1 September - 30 November 2026), supported by a selection panel of three including the programme’s curatorial advisor, Renée Mussai, independent curator, writer & scholar.